Which episodes of Amazon's 'Modern Love' are worth your time? Use our handy guide
“Modern Love,” a new series from Amazon, takes its name, theme and most of its main characters and story lines, such as they are, from a weekly column in the Style section of the New York Times. In it, guest writers tell a personal tale of love in all its shapes, sizes, colors, flavors and…
Nils Lofgren on Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen: 'They both like ragged rock 'n' roll'
Neil Young has once again reconvened his gloriously loud rock band Crazy Horse for a new album, “Colorado,” due Oct. 25, their first together since 2012’s “Psychedelic Pill.” For the new album, early Crazy Horse member and recurrent Young collaborator Nils Lofgren is back in the fold, taking over for guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, who…
Sam Waterston goes Jane Fonda: Both arrested in D.C. climate change protests
So much for law and order. Jane Fonda’s aspirations to get arrested in D.C. repeatedly are going swimmingly. And this time, her “Grace & Frankie” costar Sam Waterston, a veteran of the police procedural “Law & Order,” joined her. In their latest display of civil disobedience, the actors were detained by U.S. Capitol Police Friday…
Jane Fonda is no stranger to getting arrested. In fact, she's proud of it
When police took Jane Fonda away Friday in Washington, D.C., it was the second time she had been arrested during climate change protests this month. But it wasn’t the second time she’s been arrested overall. Long revered (and reviled) as a staunch member of the resistance, the two-time Oscar-winning actress has been outspoken about her…
Hop on the Polar Express train on a weekend trip to Jamestown, Calif.
Jamestown might be 325 miles north of Los Angeles in the Sierra foothills, but this historic Gold Rush town still has a Hollywood connection. Dozens of movies and TV shows have been filmed at Jamestown’s Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, which offers rides aboard a vintage steam train along with a glimpse of one of…
Letters: More great places to eat in Hawaii
I read Rosemary McClure’s piece “A Big Island, a Small Check” [Oct. 13] and realized you’d already written one on Kauai. Here are some of my suggestions for Kauai. She had some expensive spots on the list, but these places in Kapaa — Lava Lava Beach Club, Sam’s Ocean View and Oasis on the Beach…
Column: The story alleging insider trades on Trump actions is dubious, but so is this argument against it
The Wall Street and political junkie arms of Twitter are, well, all a-twitter over an article in Vanity Fair implying that someone has been pocketing billions by front-running sudden policy shifts by President Trump. We don’t want to spend too much time debunking the article, which has been dismantled in detail by others, including Matt…
California defies recession fears to post job growth, record low unemployment
California’s unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it has been in four decades as the Golden State outpaced the nation in job creation last month. Joblessness stood at 4% in September, less than in any month since the current methodology was introduced in 1976, state officials reported. That was down from 4.1% in August and…
WeWork faces executive exodus as SoftBank cuts valuation below $8 billion
As WeWork prepares to cut potentially thousands of jobs this month and more executives head for the exits, SoftBank Group Corp. is assembling a rescue financing plan for WeWork that may value the office-sharing company below $8 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions. The new figure is a fraction of the $47-billion valuation…
Stocks falter, but S&P 500 has its second up week in a row
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed out an uneven week of trading on Wall Street with its second straight weekly gain, even though stock indexes lost ground Friday. Technology companies led the slide, which erased the major U.S. indexes’ gains from the day before. Communication services, industrial and healthcare stocks also fell, outweighing gains…